The Multilingual Internet | Language, Culture, and Communication Online

Brenda Danet (u. a.)

ISBN 10: 0195304799 / ISBN 13: 9780195304794

Published by Oxford University Press, 2007

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The Multilingual Internet | Language, Culture, and Communication Online | Brenda Danet (u. a.) | Buch | Gebunden | Englisch | 2007 | Oxford University Press | EAN 9780195304794 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Multilingual Internet | Language, Culture, and Communication Online
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195304799
• ISBN 13: 9780195304794
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 240W x 161H x 29D millimeters 240 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 857 grams
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Synopsis

Two thirds of global Internet users are non-English speakers. Despite this, most scholarly literature on the Internet and computer-mediated-communication (CMC) focuses exclusively on English. This is the first book devoted to analyzing Internet related CMC in languages other than English.

The volume collects 18 new articles on facets of language and Internet use, all of which revolve around several central topics: writing systems, the structure and features of local languages and how they affect internet use, code switching between multiple languages, gender issues, public policy issues, and so on. The scope of languages discussed in the volume is unusually broad, including non-native English, French, Arabic, Chinese, Greek, Spanish, Japanese, Thai, and Portuguese. This book will be of great interest to anyone studying linguistics, applied linguistics, communication, anthropology and information sciences.

About the Author

Brenda Danet is a Professor Emerita of Sociology and Communication at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Susan Herring is a Professor of Information Science and Linguistics at Indiana University.